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I don't know quite what you mean? MINIX isn't free, which is pretty big for a student project. In fact people may have started a similar project(not big like GN
by melissalobos 4y ago
I don't know quite what you mean? MINIX isn't free, which is pretty big for a student project. In fact people may have started a similar project(not big like GNU) to due to its price.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoIt's equivalent to 3-clause BSD. https://wiki.minix3.org/doku.php?id=www:documentation:license https://wiki.minix3.org/doku.php?id=www:documentation:licens...
- melissalobos 4y agoMy comment as may be noted was more a commentary on the historical licensing of MINIX which lead to Linux, see the original post. https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvaldss-famous-email-first-linux-announcement/ https://fossbytes.com/linus-torvaldss-famous-email-first-lin...
- chungy 4y agoThe same argument could be made to claim "Linux isn't free" given its very first license.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoIt's reasonable to say it wasn't free, but MINIX 3 is FOSS now.